Blockbuster films and live entertainment at Melksham Assembly Hall

MELKSHAM Assembly Hall is set to show more  blockbuster films and live entertainment. 

Live entertainment will include: Friday 26th September, 6.30pm, Jethro: The Legend at Large (sold out); Saturday 27th September, 7.30pm, Melksham Rock & Roll Club (tickets £10 or £8 members); Sunday 28th September, 1.30pm, live screening of  Billy Elliot The Musical (tickets £10); Friday 10th October, 7pm, The Tempest, screened from The Globe Theatre (tickets £8), and Saturday 11th October, 3.30pm, live screening of One Direction Concert Movie (tickets £12).

The next cinema screenings are: Saturday 27th September, 10.30am, The Nut Job (U). Friday 3rd October, 7.30pm, The Inbetweeners 2 (15). Saturday 4th October, 10.30am, Earth to Echo (U). Friday 24th October, 7.30pm, The 100 Foot Journey (PG) and   Saturday 25th October, 10.30 am, Planes 2: Fire and Rescue (PG).

Tickets at 10am are £3 for under 15s and £4 for adults. All tickets from 5pm are £6 each. There is a licensed bar, tea and coffees.

Synopsis:

The Nut Job (U):  In a city park, Surly the Squirrel has finally gone too far with his latest caper leading to the animal community’s winter food cache being destroyed. Now exiled, Surly and his rat buddy’s, Buddy, collective nightmare on the streets ends when they discover a nut store to raid. With no other options, she arranges a deal to help in Surly’s heist for the colony, even while Surly fully intends to betray it. However, there is more going on with the nut store being a front for bank robbers while Raccoon has his own agenda to ensure his own power.

The Inbetweeners 2 (15): Neil, Will and Simon receive an invite from Jay to join him in Australia whilst on his gap year, who promises them it’s ”the sex capital of the world”. With their lives now rather dull compared to their hedonistic school days and legendary lads holiday, it’s an offer they can’t refuse. Once again, they put growing up temporarily on-hold, and embark on a backpacking holiday of a lifetime in an awful car, inspired by Peter Andre’s ‘Mysterious Girl’. Will soon finds himself battling with the lads to do something cultural, whilst they focus their attention on drinking, girls, and annoying fellow travellers.

Earth to Echo (U): Tuck, Munch and Alex are a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighbourhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals. What they discover is something beyond their wildest imaginations: a small alien who has become stranded on Earth.

The 100 Foot Journey (PG): The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam, has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident and the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite, in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory’s acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. Planes 2: Fire and Rescue (PG): When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.

Live Entertainment

Jethro – The Legend at Large: Cornish comedy legend Jethro is back, but the event is SOLD OUT..

Billy Elliot: The Musical. Screened live from London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/’85 miners’ strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy’s struggle against the odds to make his dream come true. Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.

The Tempest: Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this perfidious brother and his confederates on the island, his long contemplated revenge at last seems within reach. The Tempest is Shakespeare’s late great masterpiece of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenment. Recorded live at the unique Globe Theatre in London, this production brings Shakespeare’s world to life in the most authentic of settings.

One Direction Concert Movie: Join the world’s biggest band on stage from the Italian leg of their record breaking ‘Where We Are’  tour. Filmed live at the iconic San Siro Stadium, Milan, this stunning and exclusive 75 minute concert film also features an additional never before seen 15 minute cinema segment filmed with the boys themselves. Watch their performance in glorious high definition, get closer than ever before, view the spectacle, and take part in a truly global 1D movie weekend!

For more details visit www.melkshamassemblyhall.com or call 709887.